Case Files

Economic history, one case at a time. Each week you follow a real policy experiment from the decision to the results, check the evidence, and ask what it teaches about today.

Daniel KovačHost · Economics desk

Elena VogtCo-host · Trade editor

Weekly · 84 episodes · New episodes on Saturdays

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New · Ep. 42 · Sat, Sep 26 · 38 minHong Kong After the WarHow a crowded city of refugees with few natural resources became a manufacturing hub within two decades.

Ep. 41 · Sat, Sep 19 · 41 minNixon’s 1971 Price FreezeWage and price controls were popular on day one. You follow what happened over the next three years.22 min left

Ep. 40 · Sat, Sep 12 · 36 minWest Germany’s 1948 Currency ReformA new currency and the end of most price controls arrived within days of each other. What changed in the shops.Played

Ep. 39 · Sat, Sep 5 · 44 minIndia 1991: Gold, Crisis and ReformA balance-of-payments crisis, gold pledged abroad as collateral, and the reforms that followed.Played

Ep. 38 · Sat, Aug 29 · 39 minThe Repeal of the Corn LawsWhy Parliament voted in 1846 to end tariffs on imported grain, and who lost when it did.Played